Do we know if there are common reasons why these power outages are on the rise across different states and if this is expected to continue ?
Ahmed On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 11:43 AM Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > > On 1/12/22 11:25 AM, Fred Baker wrote: > > > >> On Jan 12, 2022, at 10:37 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG < > nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:18 AM Andy Ringsmuth <a...@andyring.com> > wrote: > >> Given that most people barely even know what their home router is, I > suspect the percentage would be somewhere south of 1 percent. Outside of my > home, I honestly cannot recall EVER seeing someone’s home using a battery > backup for their internet infrastructure. > >> > >> Same here. The only people I've seen that have battery backups for > their home routers are fellow geeks. I even bought one and shipped it to > my ~70-year-old mother...and she just doesn't want to install it. "Too > complicated". > >> > >> I personally do, but of course I (and probably everyone on this list) > am by no means representative of the population at large in this particular > area. > >> > >> Same. My home office has 3 Cyberpower 2500 VA double-conversion UPS > units backed by Champion transfer switches. Power goes out, and ~45 > seconds later I'm running on generator power. > >> My local ISP runs out of power well before I do. Thankfully there's > Starlink. > >> > >> Short of an asteroid hitting my office, it's highly unlikely I'll ever > be offline. ;) > > In my case (California, home of SCE and PG&E), we have been notified by > our electrical grid operators that power can go down at any time, for any > reason, and any duration. I have just moved, so I am speaking in a > historical context and future plans, but we have solar electricity as well > and have a battery in the home that in effect backs up part of the house. > We don't back up the Internet service, because frankly if power is down in > the grid I'm not sure my favorite router is all that important, in addition > to the considerations already mentioned. But power can and does go down - > even without asteroids. > > We just installed a battery too, but it will probably only last ~1 day > and much less than that in winter. We're in the process of looking at a > generator that interfaces directly with the inverter so that it handles > the grid, the battery, the solar and the generator along with the > transfer switch. It's gone from being the occasional nuisance in the > winter to all year long these days. Our power outage over the holidays > lasted 12 days. This isn't just a rural problem anymore in California, > it's a pretty much everywhere problem now. > > Mike > >